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Raymond Chandler Was An Asshole
by Stephen Blackmoore
Dennis Lynds, 1924-2005:
The Mystery Community Pays Their Respects...
An Officer's Final Salute: R.I.P. Ed McBain
by Jim Doherty
Mickey Spillane: This Time It's Personal
by Max Allan Collins
Arthur Lyons: Lyons Ends His Roar
by J. Kingston Pierce
Dan Fortune Has His Say
Michael Collins' Outspoken Private Eye Speaks Out
The Richard Helms Interview
Conducted by Jack Bludis
Burning Down the House:
The John Lutz Interview
Conducted by Kevin Burton Smith
Hard-Boiled Poet: The Reed Farrel Coleman Interview
Conducted by Jack Bludis
Rob Kantner: The Thrilling Detective Interview
Conducted by Kevin Burton Smith
The Adventures of Harry Nile
Talkin' with Jim French & Phil Harper
Conducted by Stewart Wright
"What? You Want It to Be Realistic As Well?"
Essay by Joe Stein
The New Pulp!
A Tribute To Blue Murder
Essay by Kevin Burton Smith
Why I Love
Crime Fiction
Essay by Leonard Chang
Welcome to L.A.
Opening Remarks
by Robert Crais
Memories of Mike Shayne Mystery
Magazine
Reminisces
by Richard A. Moore
Nero Wolfe:
A Social Commentary on the US
Essay by Marcia Kiser
Spenser and Hawk:
A Study of Good and Evil in the Fiction of Robert B. Parker
Essay by Gerald So
The Mitch Tobin Series
Overview by Bryan
Schingle
The Donald Strachey Series
by Richard Stevenson
Overview by Sam Phillips
"Right As Rain" by George Pelecanos
Review by Lily Gardner
"The Woman Who Married a Bear" by John Straley
Review by Lily Gardner
"Smoker" by Greg Rucka
Review by Lily Gardner
"Death on the Cheap" by Arthur Lyons
Review by Kevin Burton Smith
A Pynchon Private Eye Novel: "Inherent Vice"
Review by Scott Adlerberg
"Men of the Mean Streets" edited by Greg Herren & J.M. Redmann
Review by Josh Lanyon
"No Chance in Hell" by Nick Quarry
Review by August West
"Claire Dewitt and the City of the Dead" by Sara Gran
Review by D.L. Browne
"No Chance in Hell" by Nick Quarry
Review by August West"So Dark for April" by John Evans
Review by August West
"The Convertible Hearse" by Bill Gault
Review by August West
"Songs of Innocence" by Richard Aleas
Review by Seth Harwood
"Pulp" by Charles Bukowski
Review by Christopher Friesen
"The Gates of Eden" by Ethan Cohen
Review by Christopher Friesen
"Black Alley" by Mickey Spillane
Review by Christopher Friesen
"A Drink Before the War" by Dennis Lehane
Review by Christopher Friesen
"Cold Fire Calm Rage" by Joe Stein
Review by Kieran Carey
"Tonight I Said Goodbye" by Michael Koryta
Review by James
R. Winter
"No Time To Mourn" by Tim Wohlforth
Review by Dale
Stoyer
"Eve Missing" by Ralph Pezzullo
Review by Dale
Stoyer
"The Narrows" by Michael Connelly
Review by Ron DeSourdis
"Blood is the Sky" by Steve Hamilton
Review by James
R. Winter
"Lost Light" by Michael Connelly:
Review by David
White
"Hardbroiled," edited by Michael Bracken
Review by James
R. Winter
"The Last Place" by Laura Lippman
Review by James
R. Winter
"The Adventures of Cardigan" by Frederick Nebel
Review by Mario
Taboada
"In His Shadow" by Dave Zeltserman
Review by Mario
Taboada
There's Something About Willetta...
"Detecting Men" and "Detecting Women 2" by Willetta Heising
Review by Rick Robinson
Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle
Review by D.L.
Browne
Kiss Me Deadly
Review by Bryan Schingle
Crime Fiction... With Guitars!
Steve Wynn's Riding Shotgun
Review by Kevin Burton Smith
Coming Soon (maybe)
To a Screen Near You
Pilots 2005-2006
Report by Chris Gumprich
The Language of Angeltown
A review by Robert Lee
So, This Author Walks into a Bar...
Musings on Self-Promotion by Steven Gomez
Just Who The Hell
Was Miranda, Anyway?
An essay by Marcia
Kiser
Never Happen
A Cop's Eye View
from Charles Shafer
Tag Man
A Cop's Eye View
from Charles Shafer
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